Every once in awhile I am asked by management to install Eblaster on an employees company computer. I hate this part of my job because it sometimes means that this person is going to be leaving sooner than later.

Anyway, the company, Spectorsoft, has stopped developing and supporting the software so I am looking for an alternative. I am not sure if they have replaced it with something else because their products don't seem to be close-enough. I need something very similar in features and scope.

If you're looking to only monitor a couple or a few users, take a look at Spector CNE. It records everything that eBlaster did. You can set it up to record remote users and send the data back to your server across the Internet. The recorded data is presented back to you differently than it was in eBlaster, but it's all still there.

If you're looking to only monitor a couple or a few users, take a look at Spector CNE. It records everything that eBlaster did. You can set it up to record remote users and send the data back to your server across the Internet. The recorded data is presented back to you differently than it was in eBlaster, but it's all still there.

Take a look and let me know if you have any questions.

And thanks for the nod, RoguePacket.

Thanks for this. I usually only do 1 to, maybe, 3 at a time. I will check it out.﻿

Looks like with CNE I need to run a server component and any remote users will need to be connected to the same network in order for the reports to be uploaded. Hmmm. Seems like a bit involved for something that happens 2-3 times a year.

Based on a quick look at the pricing it looks Interguard may be licensing Webwatcher, putting their name on it, and marking it up a bit. Actually, I just clicked on the Live Chat on the Interguard page and it opened up with this:

I thought CNE could send over the Internet, so didn't need machines on the same network. But, I haven't looked at it in a long time, so that could be wrong.

Spector CNE can send its recorded data back to the server across the public Internet. You'll just likely have to install the Recorders manually and will have to set up some port forwarding, etc. It's doable.

I thought CNE could send over the Internet, so didn't need machines on the same network. But, I haven't looked at it in a long time, so that could be wrong.

Spector CNE can send its recorded data back to the server across the public Internet. You'll just likely have to install the Recorders manually and will have to set up some port forwarding, etc. It's doable.

That's certainly not what sales support said. They said:

wRx7M wrote:

And when network connection is made the data is incrementally transmitted.

It depends on how you configure it. If you point the Recorder to the public IP address of your server, and forward the appropriate ports, then the data will be sent across the public Internet whenever the Recorder can reach the server.

If you configure the Recorder to use the internal IP address on your network, it will send the data whenever it can connect to that server (either on the LAN or a VPN). If it can't connect to the server, then it will store the data locally until it can (i.e. the user took the computer home for the weekend or on vacation or something like that).

And, as previously stated, the amount of data that can be stored locally can be modified.

It really is just a matter of what address you give it for the server and connectivity. In either scenario, it will store the data locally if it can't connect.

All of that makes perfect sense and was how I thought it worked. Maybe your sales people need a refresher? It certainly sounds like whoever wRx7M spoke with didn't know that sending over the Internet was possible.